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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Suffolk Police apologise!

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ChesterGreySideboard · 05/02/2019 14:41

www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich-humanist-stands-by-transgender-tweets-1-5879996

I couldn't find a thread on this, sorry of there is one.

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RomanticFatigue · 06/02/2019 00:07

I'm a lurker rather than a poster and I'm sorry if this sounds naive - but I'm just wondering if this could set a precedence for future cases where police contact GCs for "wrongthink"?
(I hope I've worded that ok?)

happydappy2 · 06/02/2019 10:28

oddly the comments on the Times article on this have been removed....

ThinkIveFoundYourMarbles · 06/02/2019 20:29

I'm a lurker rather than a poster and I'm sorry if this sounds naive - but I'm just wondering if this could set a precedence for future cases where police contact GCs for "wrongthink"?

Let's hope so! Great to see there's finally been a breakaway from the increasingly sinister silencing of any public criticism of gender ideology.

Agree with above posts about hate crime. Probably a well intentioned concept to begin with, but incidents like this just show how easily abused it can be to stifle freedom of speech.

theOtherPamAyres · 07/02/2019 12:23

Just for comparison purpose, I see that there has been a rise in the reporting of anti-semitic hate incidents/crimes.

Looking at the scant details, it is noticeable how many are actual CRIMES - assault, abuse, desecration, vandalism and graffiti. Less than a quarter relate to social media - a proportion of which spring from the furore in the Labour Party.

There is no doubt that Jewish people are being physically attacked, targeted and harassed. In that context, individuals are right to involve the police when they perceive hate and hostility towards Jewish people. Investigating hate incidents can be a useful crime prevention tool when it comes to a real and present threat to Jewish people.

There is no such context for police action when it comes to transphobia. There is no evidence of physical attacks or threats, and there is no real and present risk of crimes against trans people.

That's why it is a waste of police time, in the present climate.

There is a danger of calling 'wolf' and drawing on police resources when the circumstances don't warrant it. TRAs are doing immeasureable harm and can't see it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47147568

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